Southern Lehigh sets salaries

Most administrators will get raises up to 4 percent for 2010-11 school year.

July 14, 2010

Southern Lehigh sets administrator salaries

Southern Lehigh School Board approved 3.4 percent to 4 percent increases for all but its top four administrators Monday.

Salaries for the district's 21 principals and assistant principals and directors of primary, secondary and special education, technology, food and support services and finances are determined annually by the school board.

Director of Business and Personnel James Snell said the increases are based on evaluation of the administrators.

New salaries range from $116,210 for Southern Lehigh High School Principal Christine Siegfried to $47,931 for logistics support specialist Susan Knoll.

The raises are retroactive to July 1.

A full list of the administrators' salaries will be included in the school board's minutes, which will appear on the district's website. Last year, board member Jeffrey Dimmig complained that the salaries, which are public information, were not readily available for public review.

Dimmig voted against the raises this year because he felt they were too high, given the current economic climate. Last year's administrator raises ranged from 2.28 percent to 2.58 percent.

Superintendent Joseph Liberati, Assistant Superintendent Leah Christman, Human Resources Director Bill Kennedy and Snell are not included in the agreement.

Last year, the school board and teachers union agreed to a three-year contract that grants 3.8 percent in each year.